Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Op-ed: Low-Info Voters vs High 2016 Expectations... Part 2 of 2

Op-ed:Low-Info Voters vs High 2016 Expectations... Part
2 of 2By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots on http://www.americanpbn.com/

Low-information voters...the bane of us all as my Right Side Patriots
partner and friend Craig Andresen pointed out in Part One of our
two-part series 'Low-Info Voters vs High 2016 Expectations.' (http://thepatriotfactor.blogspot.com/2015/12/low-info-voters-vs-high-2016.html) A brief
recap for those who still do not see themselves for what they are...as
in the aforementioned low-information voters...folks whose vote is cast
either out of misdirected anger that their candidate of choice did not
get the nomination; folks who cast their vote based upon media-generated
misinformation about the candidate who did; folks who vote solely based
upon where a candidate stands on the social issues, which by the way
belong on the state not federal level; folks who think that Jesus is on
the ballot never mind that He has never nor will ever be; or those folks
who don't vote at all simply because they are just too lazy to get to
the polls. And this last group of low-information voters will be the
most vocal group of complainers when, just like in 2012, things go
horribly wrong.

But possibly the worst of all low-information voters are those who vote
third party...misguided sorts who use the excuse that they're voting
their 'conscious'...never mind that it's a 'conscious' wasted on a
fringe candidate who has absolutely no chance of winning anything, but then again
they know that. And they also know the reality that most third party
candidates are nothing more than avowed anarchists claiming to be
'warriors for God' or simple 'facebook' candidates who think if they can
only get a million 'likes' on facebook it will propel them to the White
House...in other words low-information candidates custom made for
low-information voters.

But those who vote for these fringe candidates
could care less as after all they're voting their supposed 'conscious'
and the rest of America be damned. And it matters not that their vote is
a vote actually going to Hillary, as this particular group of
low-information voters, for the most part, are the same bunch of
pseudo-altruistic sorts directly responsible for Barack HUSSEIN Obama
getting a second term in office...you know...the 'holier than thou
sorts'...who said “better a muslim we know than a Mormon we don't
know”...those so far to the right they actually shake hands with and
give a pat on the back to the left.

And when low-information voters as a whole do not get that islamic
terrorism is the biggest issue we currently face, when you couple that
with the fact that most of them are devoid of even a basic understanding
of what are and are not the duties of the president...a position that
if not for the all-important Constitutionally given power of the veto
would be quite similar to the figurehead status afforded to Britain's
queen...you just know how serious of a problem we face as the 2016
election draws near. Thinking that a big mouth alone...a mouth filled
with empty promises played to the hopes and dreams of the
disillusioned...will be enough to assure a successful presidency, the
low-information voter ignores that the Constitution gives the president
so-called 'sweeping powers' over the actual administration of the
federal government, meaning a big mouth could soon turn into a kingship
of sorts with the low-information and disillusioned voter still not
realizing they've been had.

But let's start here with a simple lesson in civics as it applies to the
serious threat islam poses to our country today. Sadly, low-information
voters simply do not get that if we don't deal with said islamic threat
now
nothing else will matter later. And low-information voters refuse to
accept the fact that war has already come here to America, for they see
the social issues as their driving force
and mainstay.

First, and so important to remember, is that our Founders
and Framers were wise enough to make sure that even a presidential veto
could be overridden with enough votes in Congress...making this what
prevents us from ever becoming a dictatorship. And second, the
Constitution also makes sure that it's Congress who dictates law not the
president by imposing certain constraints on his power...including his
power to wage war... although in Obama's case he routinely tries to
stretch his 'authority' beyond what is specifically listed in the
Constitution by way of his infamous 'pen and phone'...and don't think it
won't happen again with the wrong person in the White House.

“The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the
United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called
into the actual Service of the United States...” - Article II, Section
2, Clause I of the U.S. Constitution

And to the affect of waging war, the president's role as
Commander-in-Chief does not give him the power to unilaterally declare
war as that is and must remain a power reserved for Congress. And while
all generals and admirals take their orders from the
president...including the order to 'stand down'...which Obama (I believe) assuredly
gave as the nightmare that was Benghazi unfolded...the president's role
as Commander-in-Chief does allow him to decide where and if troops will
be stationed, where and if warships will be sent, and how and which, if
any, weapons will be used during times of war...a power we have seen
Obama cavalierly throwing to the wind as America's enemies are his
friends.

And this is the power that in today's sad day and age of
islamic terrorism must not be taken lightly for as bad as Obama's
cavalier anti-American attitude is, the low-information voter needs to
understand that our next president must not be a hothead either...a
hothead with a finger on the nuclear button I might add...whose thought processes are
driven by anger alone instead of by logic, reason, and tangible policy...nor
must the next president be of the isolationist sort for the truth is
that the world is indeed a safer place when America and America alone
sets the rules of the game.

I hope that sinks into the mind of the low-information voter for it's
tangible policy...a workable and doable tangible policy...that is the
key to not only declaring and winning wars...and Obama has yet to even
declare war on ISIS...but helps to set all future rules of engagement
concerning war. And saying 'I will do this' or 'I will do that' is not
policy but theatrics used in the hopes of reeling the low-information
voter in.

And future rules of engagement has America's Chief of State...the
president...being the public 'face' of the sum of the American people as
he presides over ceremonial functions as would a king or a queen. And
as the 'face' of America, the low-information voters must understand
that whether they like it or not manners, civility, and decorum, do
matter in a position such as the presidency for while leadership is
about both current and future actions it is also about how those actions
are presented to both the American people and to our allies...meaning that
insults lobed at others and a narcissistic bravado of tooting of one's
own horn is not perceived well neither here at home nor on the world's
stage, and will surely alienate our allies and be used against us by our
enemies.

And while America's enemy is now for the most part 7th century
barbarians with 21st century weapons...an enemy who should be
obliterated from the lands of civilized men...angry words and rhetoric
by certain candidates bought into by low-information voters will not now
or ever win out over concrete and decisive military strategy and action...a
winnable tangible strategy put in place by candidates who are wise
enough to see the big picture and act accordingly.

“He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate,
to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur;
and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the
Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls,
Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United
States...” - Article II, Section 2, Clause 2

And in this current time of war, Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the
Constitution, becomes all the more important. Giving the president the
power to make treaties with other countries including treaties to end
wars...subject of course to ratification by two-thirds of the
Senate...could also have the low-information voters with stars in their
blind-following eyes helping to elect yet another president who, like
Obama, twists that power so as to conduct themselves as if they are
king, and who will made treaties just for a personal 'well done' and a
bow on the world's stage. In other words, a narcissistic bravado sort
reinforced by voters who do not understand that character in positions
of leadership does indeed matter for when bravado takes precedence over
substance when it concerns treaties, the enemy then becomes the victor
and the treaty-maker becomes a stooge maybe not in his eyes but in the
eyes of 'We the People' who have again been sold out.

And while the president obviously has other powers not related to
declaring, waging, or ending war, I cannot stress enough that the person
who is best capable to handle this specific power not possibly abuse
this power should be what one bases their choice on for who should be our
next president. A calm, clear-thinking, level head is needed to undue the
damage done by Barack HUSSEIN Obama and his minions, meaning we must
not chose a president based upon popularity and selective
hearing alone...hearing of so-wanted words but not hearing that there's no
substance behind those words.

And that is exactly what today's
low-information voters are doing as they forget that's how Obama got
elected the first and second time around. And they also forget that a
lack of substance has allowed this man to rule by executive
order...overriding Congress via his pen and his phone...overriding
Congress as the low-information voter stands by and whines and
complains, oblivious to the fact that they were the ones who voted this
man in by making choices based on the unimportant instead of seeing or
understanding the ramifications of how they were casting their vote.

An emotional vote is never a well-cast vote no matter the caster's high
expectations, and time and again it's seems it's always the
low-information voter who casts such a vote. And it's the
low-information voter who does more damage to our country than even the
man their misplaced emotions helped elect for the low-information voter
has not learned one thing from elections past, making it seem like they
are deliberately trying to hurt America instead of trying to help save
her...and that is the saddest thing of all.

So, as the Iowa Caucuses fast approach I hope the low-information voters
see them selves in what Craig and I wrote and realize that a vote based
upon emotions, anger, and misguided information, will never serve our
country well. And while what we both wrote might anger some, hopefully
the truth in our words will win out for this election is indeed our last
chance to set our beloved America right again, and in doing so political
correctness be damned.